The title is a reference to a funny Full Tilt e-mail, hehe. Two poker blogs that I've read have issued themselves challenges. My time has now come for the same. ZB had a $50,000 in one month goal, I think. ZJ had a goal to complete 1,000 sit 'n gos in one month. My goal is nothing in comparison to those, but compared to how much I typically play, it's a large goal.
Basically, Partypoker is running a promotion of 3 bonuses that must be cleared within 9 days. I estimate that within the first three days, I'll have to play 700 hands per day. The second 3 days, I'll have to play 1,000 hands per day. The third 3 days, I'll have to play 1333 hands per day!
Here's the plan of attack:
- Thursday (March 16th) - Initiate deposit and clear 2,000 hands by Saturday.
- Sunday(46%) - Starting on the second bonus, play 3 sessions of 3 hours each. Clear 1400 hands.
- Monday(20%) - Play 3+ hours at night. Clear 600 hands.
- Tuesday(33%) - Start early in the morning and play until the last 1,000 hands are cleared.
- Wednesday(30%) - Starting on the third bonus. Clear 1,200 hands.
- Thursday(25%) - Start early in the morning and clear 1,000 hands.
- Friday(45%) - Finish off the last 1,800 hands.
Clearly, this will take up almost all of my free time. This whole thing might seem a little extreme. But, I think this challenge will be really good for me, as it'll push me to work hard to accomplish what I want. I'm going to have to use my time extremely wisely to get everything done.
As for a response to the previous post...
I came down with a cold that made me feel miserable for most of the week, so that really halted a lot of my progress. I didn't study over the weekend for Physics, but as luck would have it, I wouldn't need to know that information for the rest of the semester. My exam results were interesting to say the least. I got 28/30 on my Speech exam. I expected 100%, but I had a brain fart while taking the exam, oh well. I got a ridiculous 102% in Math, which I think is the highest score in the class. I feel like it was mostly a combination of luck and preparation. It certainly wasn't all preparation. Naturally, one thinks of that phrase, "luck favors the prepared" here. I've mostly been coasting in the middle of the pack in college Math/Phys. courses, so it was a nice surprise. I haven't always done well, but I _could've_ always done well. I have a very good start, so I really don't want to waste that result. I want to keep it going, and I plan to. I got a 13/20 in Physics which is horrible, but considering I felt like I knew 20% of the material, it's not a terrible result for the terrible amount of studying that I did.
Obligatory poker statistics...I played a little bit of poker since the last posting. I believe I played fewer than 500 hands. But, it was quite a lucky 500 hands. In one particular fishing session, I won $60 within my first 10 hands. LOL, that session was hilarious. It's one of those poker scenarios that you theorize about, but you would never think that it could really happen. Imagine a player overraising preflop every single time. What would be the best way to exploit this? Theoretically, you'd want to be seated right in front of him so that he could do the raising for you when you catch good hands. Then, you want players to call his large raises, thinking he had a purely random hand (which he in fact does.) Finally, you reraise large (usually all-in) with your very strong hand, so that all the original callers become dead money and hope that your hand holds up against the maniac. I got seated right where I wanted. I got dealt the exact cards I needed to make the moves I wanted to 4 times within the first 10 hands. All of my hands held up. It was simply beautiful. Theory + luck = thanks. He left 10 hands later, though. He happened to be shortstacked when I sat down, which was a bummer. I could've made $200 instead of $60, but oh well, I'm more than happy about the result... simply hilarious.
I haven't played a good long session in a while, so I hope to build up that confidence during my upcoming challenge. I'm up $296 (11.8 buyins) at NL $25 and +$1078 overall. It's somewhat pointless to mention my overall winnings, as a significant portion of that includes bonuses. I'll probably just keep track of my NL $25 status from now on.
I hope to make $300 in winnings + $300 in bonuses during my 9-day challenge. But, I'll be fine if I just break even in play and collect the bonuses, because I'm still a rookie at multitable play as well as longer sessions.
On top of all that's going on, BP popped up online a few days ago. I'm fond of our interaction, so I hope she sticks around.
